On Aug. 11, a resident near Victoria Park and Lawrence Avenues found a white, bubble-wrapped envelope at his front door. When he opened it, the envelope exploded and he suffered minor injuries to his hands.

On [Aug. 12]…the Toronto Police Emergency Task Force was dispatched to the Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue area after Toronto lawyer Terrence Reiber found an envelope that smelled like petroleum on his front porch at about 3 p.m. Police detonated it safely.